Help needed Fedora Core 4 install problem, X server does not start
Leila Lappin
damovand at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 20 21:18:19 UTC 2005
--- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:48:54PM -0700, Leila
> Lappin wrote:
> >
> > --- Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:30:36PM -0700, Leila
> > > Lappin wrote:
> > > > I installed Fedora Core 4 today. But several
> > > things
> > > > failed and one of them may be causing the
> problem
> > > that
> > > > X server ( graphical interface) is not coming
> up.
> > > I
> > > > get a dialog box popping up with this message:
> > > >
> > > > I cannot start the X server ( your graphical
> > > > interface). It seems that the pointer device
> > > (your
> > > > mouse) is not set up correctly. Would you
> like to
> > > > view the X server output to diagnose the
> problem?
> > > >
> > > > Now I seem to be in text mode, what do I need
> to
> > > do
> > > > next?
> > >
> > > I've not yet seen FC4, but in FC3, the command
> to
> > > run is
> > >
> > > system-config-mouse
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Bob McClure, Jr.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for your help. I did what you suggested.
> A
> > dialog box popped up to choose the mouse type.
> The
> > right one was highlighted so I just pressed pf12
> to
> > move to the next screen. The dialog box went away.
>
> > Two lines of diagnostics are showing on the
> console:
> >
> > Shutting down console mouse services: ok
> > Starting console mouse services: ok
> >
> > What should I do now?
>
> Try running X from the command line using
>
> startx
>
> If the GUI comes up successfully, exit it. If it
> doesn't, you may
> need to run
>
> system-config-display
>
> Then, check to see if you are still configured for
> runlevel 5 (GUI
> login) by
>
> fgrep initdefault /etc/inittab
>
> If it says
>
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> edit that file and change that line to say
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> Then reboot and the GUI login should come up.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems,
> Inc.
> robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
> God is more interested in our availability than our
> ability.
>
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While I was waiting for some more clues I did the
following, I ran startx but got the following messages
(do these give any clues what to do?):
(==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Mon Jun
20 17:09:42 2005
(==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such fie or directory
(EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device Mouse0
No core pointer
Fatal server error:
Failed to initialize core devices
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
At http://wiki.X.Org
For help.
Please also check the log file at
/var/log/Xorg.0.log for additional information.
X10: fatal 10 error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on
X server ;0.0 after 0 requests (0 known processed)
with 0 events remaining.
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